Thousands of diners and pub-hoppers will descend on eateries and bars over the festive season, kicking back and being served on their holiday breaks.
But it’s no working holiday for kitchen, wait staff or bartenders, who will feel the heat of Durban’s summer, in the service arena and, they hope, in their tip jars.
Some ungracious patrons do not tip, or leave insulting tips like recent reports of a waiter in Cape Town who returned a R5 tip off a R480 bill. Others behave outrageously or put hospitality industry staff in harm’s way.
One local woman worked